Tape measure anchor

Abstract

Provided is a weighted anchor for a tape measure. The device includes a tubular housing with a defined interior volume for holding one or more magnetic weights therein. The weights are positioned around an elevator bolt disposed within the interior volume, then secured within the interior volume via a washer and a bolt. In this way, the weights are arranged in a stacked orientation. The housing can be secured to an end of a standard tape measure, thereby weighing down the same. In this way, the present invention can prevent the tape measure from swinging or otherwise oscillating when measuring long distances.

I claim: 
     
       1. A tape measure anchor, comprising:
 a tubular housing including an open upper end and a closed lower end; 
 a threaded elevator bolt removably mountable into an interior volume of the tubular housing, the elevator bolt including a length larger than a length of the tubular housing; 
 the open upper end including a removable lid for providing access to the interior volume of the tubular housing, the lid including an aperture at a center thereof for receiving the elevator bolt therethrough; 
 the closed lower end including an aperture at a center thereof for receiving the elevator bolt therethrough; 
 one or more weights removably insertable into the interior volume of the housing, each of the one or more weights including a diameter smaller than a diameter of the tubular housing; 
 wherein the one or more weights are removably securable around the elevator bolt, each of the one or more weights including a threaded aperture extending along a longitudinal length thereof configured to threadably engage the elevator bolt; 
 a fastener including a threaded engagement, the fastener configured to threadably engage an end of the elevator bolt. 
 
     
     
       2. The tape measure anchor of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more weights are magnetic and configured to magnetically couple to one another. 
     
     
       3. The tape measure anchor of  claim 2 , wherein the one or more weights are magnetically couplable to one another in a stacked and linear arrangement. 
     
     
       4. The tape measure anchor of  claim 1 , wherein the elevator bolt extends beyond the open upper end of the tubular housing. 
     
     
       5. The tape measure anchor of  claim 1 , wherein said housing is substantially cylindrical. 
     
     
       6. The tape measure anchor of  claim 1 , wherein said housing comprises a round cross section. 
     
     
       7. The tape measure anchor of  claim 1 , wherein said housing is removably securable to a tape measure having an end tab, wherein said elevator bolt is adapted to be threaded through said end tab. 
     
     
       8. The tape measure anchor of  claim 1 , wherein the elevator bolt extends along a longitudinal and center axis of the interior volume of the tubular housing. 
     
     
       9. The tape measure anchor of  claim 1 , wherein the fastener comprises a threaded nut configured to threadably engage an end of the elevator bolt and secure the lid over the open upper end.